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Transposons. First discovered in plants. Transposons. Transposition to a new site. *Transposons can be autonomous or nonautonomous. *Three classes of transposons Class I : Retrotransposons Class II: Transposons Class III: Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements. Transposons. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Transposons
First discovered in plants
Transposition to a new site
Transposons
*Three classes of transposons
Class I : Retrotransposons
Class II: Transposons
Class III: Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements
*Transposons can be autonomous or nonautonomous
Transposons
Transposase
Cut and paste mechanism of transposition (nonreplicative)
Transposons
Transposons
Mechanism of replicative transposition
Transposons
Mechanism of replicative transposition
Transposons
Mechanism of retrotransposon integration
Transposons
Littering the human genome
Transposons
Böhne, et al. 2008